The Correlation between Reading Habit of the Second Year Students of SMAN 1 Guguak and their Ability in Comprehending Hortatory Exposition Text

Mursyidah, Mursyidah and Khairul, Harha and Lisa, Tavriyanti (2015) The Correlation between Reading Habit of the Second Year Students of SMAN 1 Guguak and their Ability in Comprehending Hortatory Exposition Text. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

The type of this study was correlational study. The purpose of this study was to determine correlation between reading habit and reading comprehension ability. The population of this research was the second year students of SMAN 1 Guguak. The number of population members was 282 students. The total members of sample in this research were 48 studentsand they were selected by using stratified cluster random sampling technique. The data of this research were collected by using two kinds of instruments. The first is the questionnaire on reading habit (X) and the second is the test on reading comprehension (Y). To make the instruments reliable, the researcher gave try out test to the students out of the sample. It was found that reliability index of the test was 0.80 (Appendix 4), and reliability index of the questionnaire was 0.88 (Appendix 2). It means that the instruments were reliable. It was proved by the fact that 56,25 % students have moderate ability. The result of testing hypothesis, is that the result of rcounted (0.291) was higher than t table (2.021). The result of data analysis of reading habit revealed that Mean was 86,3 and Standard Deviation was 14.03. The result of data analysis of students’ reading ability revealed that Mean was 17.56 and Standard Deviation was 5.97. From the data analysis, it was found the correlation between reading habit and ability in their ability of reading comprehension was .755. Therefore, Hypothesis alternative (Ha) was accepted. The coefficient determination was 0. 57. It was categorized as having strong correlation, significant and positive correlation. It can be concluded that the students have good in reading comprehension ability, if they have good reading habit. Dealing with the conclusion of this research, the researcher has suggestion for the teacher. They should be able to facilitate the development of students’ reading habit in teaching reading comprehension

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